Kansas Secure and Fair Elections (SAFE ) Act

ID Required for Every Voter

Every voter must show photo ID when voting in person at the polls. Individuals who vote by mail will provide either their driver's license number or a copy of their valid photo ID with their ballot application.

**A VOTER AGE 65 OR OLDER MAY USE AN EXPIRED PHOTO ID DOCUMENT

Certain individuals are exempt from the ID requirements:

Permanent advance voters (voters with illnesses or disabilities)

Overseas military voters and their spouses and dependents

Voters with religious objections who sign declarations. The Religious Objection Declaration (pdf) has to be turned into the County Clerk's office, or at the polling location prior to receiving a ballot.

Valid Photographic Identification Documents

A Valid Driver's license or ID card issued by Kansas or by another state or nondriver's identification card

A registered voter who does not possess any of the approved government-issued photographic identification documents may apply for a free nondriver identification card at the Division of Motor Vehicles. The Manhattan Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) office is located at 8200 Southport Drive Ste 105, Manhattan, KS 66502. For hours of operation, please call the DMV office at 785-296-6834.

**IMPORTANT** In order to obtain a nondriver identification card, a person must present acceptable proof of identity and proof of residence to the Division of Vehicles, Kansas Department of Revenue. Qualifying individuals who lack proof of identity and desire to obtain a free nondriver identification card may obtain a Kansas birth certificate from the Kansas Office of Vital Statistics at no cost to the individual

To obtain a free birth certificate in order to obtain a free nondriver identification card, all three of the following forms must be submitted to the Kansas Office of Vital Statistics by a qualifying individual:

A person voting in person in the county election office or at a satellite site is treated the same as a regular voter at the polling place on election day.

A person voting by mail may write his or her driver's license number on the application form or submit a copy of valid identification with the ballot application.

If an advance voter fails to provide identification information, or if the information provided is not valid, the county election officer may issue a provisional ballot, but the ballot is not considered valid unless the voter submits identification sometime before the county canvass.

No ID is required for Permanent Advance Voting Applications (qualifying individuals are sick or disabled).

Individuals who were born outside of Kansas, who do not have proof of identity and do not wish to pay for such a document from their home state, may apply for a State Voter Identification Document. (NOTE: This identification document is valid only for the purpose of voting in Kansas and may not be used for any other purpose.)